[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 198 (Tuesday, October 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53380-53381]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27116]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

October 2, 1997
    The Department of the Treasury has submitted the following public 
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Copies of 
the submission(s) may be obtained by calling the Treasury Bureau 
Clearance Officer listed. Comments regarding this information 
collection should be addressed to the OMB reviewer listed and to the 
Treasury Department Clearance Officer, Department of the Treasury, Room 
2110, 1425 New York Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20220.

Special Request

    In order to conduct the focus group interviews described below in 
the late-October to November 1997 timeframe, the Department of the 
Treasury is requesting that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
review and approve this information collection by October 15, 1997. To 
obtain a copy of this study, please contact the Internal Revenue 
Service Clearance Officer at the address listed below.

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

    OMB Number: 1545-1432.
    Project Number: M:SP:V 97-021-G.
    Type of Review: Revision.
    Title: Refund Inquiry Focus Groups.
    Description: The objective of these focus group interviews is to 
gather feedback from taxpayers on why taxpayers call the IRS multiple 
times to check on the status of their refunds. The groups will be held 
in the in the following cities: Jacksonville, Florida,

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Buffalo, New York, and Seattle, Washington.
    Respondents: Individuals or households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 78 (6 groups, 13 participants in 
each).
    Estimated Burden Hours Per Response: 3 hours.
Contact call--5 minutes.
Focus group sessions--2 hours.
Travel time--1 hour.
    Frequency of Response: Other (one time only).
    Estimated Total Reporting Burden: 195 hours.
    Clearance Officer: Garrick Shear, (202) 622-3869, Internal Revenue 
Service, Room 5571, 1111 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 
20224.
    OMB Reviewer: Alexander T. Hunt, (202) 395-7860, Office of 
Management and Budget, Room 10226, New Executive Office Building, 
Washington, DC 20503.
Lois K. Holland,
Departmental Reports, Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-27116 Filed 10-10-97; 8:45 am]
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